Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwalbijan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwalbijaną.

Verb

*hwalbijan

to cause to turn over
to vault

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*hwalbijan
1st sg. past	*hwalbidā
Infinitive	*hwalbijan
Genitive infin.	*hwalbijannjas
Dative infin.	*hwalbijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*hwalbijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hwalbiju	*hwalbidā
2nd singular	*hwalbisi	hwalbidēs, hwalbidōs
3rd singular	*hwalbiþi	hwalbidē, hwalbidā
1st plural	*hwalbijum	*hwalbidum
2nd plural	*hwalbiþ	*hwalbidud
3rd plural	*hwalbijanþ	*hwalbidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hwalbijē	*hwalbidī
2nd singular	*hwalbijēs	*hwalbidī
3rd singular	*hwalbijē	*hwalbidī
1st plural	*hwalbijēm	*hwalbidīm
2nd plural	*hwalbijēþ	*hwalbidīd
3rd plural	*hwalbijēn	*hwalbidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hwalbi
Plural	*hwalbiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hwalbijandī	*hwalbid

Descendants

Old English: *hwielfan, *hwylfan
- ⇒ Old English: behwielfan, behwylfan
Old Saxon: *hwelbian
- Old Saxon: behwelbian
Old Dutch: *welven
- Middle Dutch: welven
  - Dutch: welven
Old High German: *welben
- Middle High German: welben
  - German: wölben